Neck pain...

I am starting to believe that maintaining the right posture will enable me to make productive use of my time. I am also starting to believe that it will make my neck pain go away.

I'm trying to make better use of my time this year, though so far it's been a real hit-or-miss. But last night I stayed on campus until about 7 PM (on a Friday!)...now, that seems like a relatively productive thing to do, don't you?

Of course, it doesn't help that I was sitting in my office crying because I was watching an incredibly moving movie (no pun intended) on which I have to write a composition for my Korean class. Though now I wished that I had watched it with subtitles...

But really, what counts as productive use of time? If I work all day and not play at all, is that productive? If I read all day but don't produce a single word of writing, is that unproductive? Ah, the standards of measurement...

Yesterday as I walked to school, I really felt like Spring was starting. I did! The air really did feel that way. I even took a picture of a tree on my way to school because I looked up and saw how pretty it was. (It was much prettier in real life...) But I can argue that stopping in my tracks and looking up at the sky is an unproductive use of time...because I could be getting to school faster and producing more work (whatever that means). But...being caught by surprise by something beautiful that had, in fact, always been there...isn't that the real productive use of time?

[I really do think that sitting at the table to maintain a good posture will prevent me from falling asleep (like I do on the couch)...so yes, posture = productivity.]